In the poem “ZJ,” he introduces himself by first saying he knows people see, “the one / whose daddy plays pro ball” (10).
Instead, the novel centers on ZJ’s internal world and ZJ’s relationships with family and friends.
Right away, ZJ represents a divergence, or separation, from who society expects him to be as the son of an African American football player. He is the speaker in all of the poems and serves as the main character in Before the Ever After. a professional football player in the NFL. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?Available for purchase at:AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A Hudson BooksellersIndieBoundPowell'sTargetWalmartApple BooksGoogle Play Store - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Kobo - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks.ZJ is a young African American boy, the son of Zachariah “44” Johnson, Sr. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. ZJ can understand that-but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed.For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero.
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